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I worked with a guy who had gotten a master's in some field (I don't remember what) but left the job in his late 30s to get another master's in SW. At the time, I worried about him leaving paid employment since he had a wife and two kids. He wanted to specialize in counseling wayward adolescent boys since he himself had been one and saw the value in positive male role models in his own life. Last I heard, he had graduated and opened a private practice. DD has a masters in SW but steered away from the counseling side and specialized in the management of nonprofits instead. Do you have an end in mind?

I worked with a guy who had gotten a master's in some field (I don't remember what) but left the job in his late 30s to get another master's in SW. At the time, I worried about him leaving paid employment since he had a wife and two kids. He wanted to specialize in counseling wayward adolescent boys since he himself had been one and saw the value in positive male role models in his own life. Last I heard, he had graduated and opened a private practice. DD has a masters in SW but steered away from the counseling side and specialized in the management of nonprofits instead. Do you have an end in mind?

After this one session of Engaging The Profession I feel like I just don't have any desire to actually engage in the profession. haha

No, seriously. I am not actually interested in doing social work, I don't think.

Ultraliteite, do you have an endgame? Why did you choose to do this program? Was it "hey, this should be interesting" or a qualification for a specific job you wanted to switch to?

I really don't know. I just wanted to make sure I could always get a job. Taking classes keeps me intellectually stimulated, though the subject matter does not matter that much (unless it is math or hard science -- my brain don't work that way!).

well there must be some reason you persist in it, as it's hardly anything one "has to" do. I thought before when you thought of dropping out you just didn't like the journey (didn't like overly politicallly correct people in class) and then it's just "eyes on the prize, ignore all that, get the degree so you can get it's benefits". But if it doesn't actually have any ... you don't like the journey OR the destination, I don't know. Yes of course I assume you wanted to get a different job out of it. Make a list of benefits of staying in the program and benefits of leaving it?

If you want something to get done, ask a busy person. If you want them to have a nervous breakdown that is.